Chapter 2:BK201 In The Waves Part 2

Silence surrounded the group of Shinobi, and the contractor. It almost seemed as none of them dared ot breath as they were surrounded by the thickest mist any, save Kakashi and BK201, had encountered. They all sat, crouched in a small, wooden boat, being paddled by a man that Tazuna knew. The man had a multitude of sweat dribbling from his face, wincing everytime either of his paddles made ven the slightest 'splash'. "Tazuna, I fully support you, I do. You know this. But I can't keep doing things like this." The man whispered, choking up, as though trying to hold back tears. "But I have a wife and children. I can't get caught up with Gato any more than I have to. I don't want to wind up dead."

"I know. This is the last thing I'm asking of you though. With these Shinobi protecting me, I'll complete that bridge and free us from that man." To finish his statement, with gusto, so to speak, Tazuna stood up in the small boat, striking what, he assumed to be, a heroic pose as he pointed to his very impressive, gigantic, bridge. The boat rocked hard at the shifting weight, BK201's head snapping around as he heard a much bigger, much more occupied ship sailing in their direction.

"Did ya' guys hear that?" A voice called from the ship, just coming into view. They were set on a dead course with it, though they wouldn't have been able to know, what with the mist surrounding them as it were.

"I 'eard it al' 'aight." Another voice spoke. "Shine yer' spotligh' o'er th're." The owner of the voice was obviously drunk. Naruto glanced around the boat as their paddler actually began crying. It made him wonder what he would have felt in this situation. Fear, perhaps? Adrenaline. He had heard enough about adrenaline that he knew he would have been experiencing adrenaline. Reaching down, the contractor unhooked his kunai pouch, withdrawing his single weapon from the holster, and allowing, a mahority, of the people in the boat to see it for the first time. It was a knife, split down the middle of the blade. Where the blade and handle met, the sides poked out, just a small amount. Between the two protruding bits, was a circle. And at the very end of the handle was the black wire that Sasuke had seen Naruto's hands wrapped with. The white mask glanced over BK201's shoulder as he spoke.

"Kakashi, you go ahead with your Genin and the Client. I'll deal with this steamliner. Don't make a sound, don't try to help. All of you, stay in this boat, with Kakashi, and continue on with the mission." With his piece spoken, The contractor began feeding the wire of his knife through his grappling hook as Kakashi nodded towards him, clasping a hand onto the black clad man's shoulder.

"Be careful out there. We'll meet back up with you later." Naruto dark blue eyes, behind the mask, met kakashi's for a split moment as he nodded, and then, he threw his knife, where it and the wire wrapped around one of the railings of the incoming ship. And then, the contractor was gone, using his weapon as a grappling hook from one boat, to the next. "Well?" kakashi whispered fiercly. "He giving us a distraction, keep rowing." The paddler of the boat whimpered as he began working the small transport once again, obviously afraid for his life.

Naruto landed on the ship, plainly marked 'Gato Enterprise Steamer #3', without so much as a thud. Pressing the red part of his belt, the wire unwound from around the railing, his knife finding its way back to his hand. Naruto's eyes surveyed the surroundings quickly, taking in as much as he possibly could. There were at least twenty men on board the deck, and he had no choice but to eradicate each and every one of them. "'Ou se' s'umt'in!?" The drunk voice called as he stumbled straight past Naruto before stopping short. As the man turned around, all he saw was the contractor's floating white mask. "Da' fuck is 'dis?" The man reached for his mask. The butt of his knife found a home in the man's throat, leaving him sputtering for air as he fell to his knees, loudly. Grabbing the, obviously, deseased henchman by the hair, Naruto pulled him to his feet before jerking his arm backwards, snapping the man's neck with a sickening sound. The man gurgled as Naruto pushed him over the railing, into the water. Naruto disappeared as the man's body made a loud splash.

"What was that!?" Feet stamped across the wooden deck, Naruto counting heads as they came running to the source of the noise. Six. There were six men that had been in the immediat vicinity that had heard their comrades burial at sea. And, to Naruto's fortune, he found all six leaning again the metal railing of the ship. Silently, his gloved hand reached out, grasping a hold of the railing, before electricity shot through it. The six men shook violently as they screamed, dropping to the deck, on by one. This had definately drawn the attention of the rest of the crew. Once again Naruto withdrew from the light. This time, however, as the men came stomping, instead of waiting, the disguised blond lurched into battle. The first man was taken by surprise as Naruto's gloved hand grabbed his arm yanking it behind him with a sickening snap. Grabbing the man by the bottom of the jaw, Naruto yanked, snapping the man's neck. It was an instant death. That was eight down. The remaining twelve men on deck stared at him as his eyes peered through his blacked out mask.

The men lurched forwards at once, as if though they had been commanded, intent on ending their threat. As the first man reached Naruto, the, current, black haired boy jumped into the air, seemingly preforming a vaulting cartwheel as the man punched the spot he had previously stood. As he landed, Naruto struck out with his foot, kicking his next opponent in his leg. The man's face slammed into the floor before naruto's feet met the back of his head, caving it in. The first man returned to attack, only to find Naruto's knife lodged in his throat. Another man came at Naruto, his fist slamming into the contractors face, sending him stumbling away. The man chuckled before his eyes widened,glancing down. Naruto had attached a wire to his wrist when the force connected, and within the next moment, the man was on the deck, dead. The next man to charge the disguised blond found the wire connected to his knife wrapped tightly around his throat. As the others charged, Naruto kicked of them, using the momentum to fling the man tied in his wire over the railing. There was a snap, and the wire was disconnected, though the knife was quickly reunited with the signature element.

The next two men found the wire wrapped around their waist and leg respectively, before they found themselves lying amongst the majority of their comrades, dead. Spinning backwards, his military boot slammed into the skull of his next charging opponent. The man stumbled into another of his comrades. Jumping into the air, Naruto slammed the soles of his boots into their faces, using his momentum to do a complete backflip, landing on his feet. Using his instinct, he ducked down as another man charged, sending him sprawling into yet another comrade. Reacting quick to his advantage, his boot found its place in one of the downed men's throat. Dead. Five left. Slinging his knife through the air with his wire, two more men fell, their necks slit wide open. Three remaining. With a back kick, Naruto shattered a man's, whom had assumed he could sneak up on him, leg, sending him to the ground where his skull was crushed immediately. The remaining two men looked at each other, fearful. "You hit high, I hit low?" One of the asked. If Naruto had had the emotion, or at the very least, the drive to do it, he would have rolled his eyes.

The two charged, and, true to his words, one flew through the air, while the other went to take out his legs. The Contractor jumped into the air, spinning as the two flew over, and under, him. Reaching out, Naruto snapped the man's neck whom had slid under him. Before the second could even hit the floor, he found Naruto's new Knife Wire wrapped around his throat, pulling him to the deck. The man stumbled and screamed, trying to undo the wire. His final mistake. The electricity shot down the wire, effectively killing the man. With a swift pull, the wire found itself back in Naruto's hold. "Ship Down." Naruto spoke quitely as he stared at his massacre. A voice interrupted that.

"Not quite, Ladie. Be you forgettin' 'bout the Cap'n of 'dis 'ere ship?" The contractor turned to stare at the man who dared interrupt his thought. True be it that he was the captain of the ship, yet he appeared to be dressed in a captain's uniform from a bad movie. At his sides, he wielded to swords, rusted and chipped. "You been sinkin' me ship I see! Now me'll be sinkin' you ladie!" The man laughed loudly as he drew the two swords.

"Please don't make me do this. I don't want to fight you. Think about this. You're outmatched. I killed your crew"

"'Dem men be expendable, ladie! And dun believe you de only one wit' dem kinda' powers. You ain't de only one done sold his soul, you see?!" The man grinnned viciously. "Dese swords ain't for fightin' after all!" With swiftness, one of the swords drew across his wrist, releasing blood, before it was cast aside. With a maniacal laugh, the man threw his blood in Naruto's direction, said blond dodging to the side, simply out of reflex. The man grinned widely as he snapped his fingers, the place where his blood having fell blowing up immediately. "You be in a world o' trouble now, ladie!"

"You're a contractor." Naruto stated, the Ship's Captain grinning once again.

"Me? Why I ain't no such ting!"

~Team 7~

Kakashi glanced over his shoulder. Naruto was taking far too long to rid the ship. He had run into some kind of trouble, and Kakashi knew it. As he returned his focus to the road, his eye narrowed. 'What's that wirring sound?' The silver haired Jonin questioned himself before his eyes shot open. Grabbing Tazuna, kakashi shoved the man to the floor, in a way very similar to how 'BK201' had man handeled him. "Every body down!" He called as he, and his team, dropped. Just in time, it seemed, as a giant blade came flying out of the treeline before slamming into a tree, a man appearing on top of it, a vicious grin obviously on his face. "Momochi... Zabuza.." kakashi spoke, more to himself, than any other.

~Naruto~

"Not a contractor?" Naruto questioned as he rolled to the side, once again avoiding the blood that splattered against the Captain's deck, forcing him to harm his ship. "Then what are you?"

"Lucky! Ye see, me daddy's daddy's daddy's daddy made him a pact wit' a demon, ye see. An' it passed down me treeline. Me Granddaddy paid of de price, but ye see, me still gotta pay de price. It come wit de perks, after all!" The man laughed loudly again as the blood flew at Naruto. The young man ducked down underneath the blood stains, ignoring the explosion behind him as he rushed forwards. Charging forwards, Naruto slid along the deck, wrapping his wire around the Captain's ankle, though it was lost, quickly. "Me's don't think so, ladie!" The captain cried as he charged forwards once again to attack Naruto, Naruto rushing to meet him head on. Ducking underneath the blood that was sprayed at him, Naruto sent his knife upwards, almost slicing his opponent's neck. Blood spilled to the deck as Naruto landed, facing away from his opponent.

"Ye see now don't ye, ladie! You can't be me! Because me, is just better than you." Naruto tilted his head, his mask staring at his opponent, the entire right side covered in blood. The captain grinned widely, bringing his hand up. "Ye lose, ladie." His fingers snapped, Naruto's head flew backwards. His body stumbled, convulsing violently before flipping over the edge of the captain's ship. The Captain chuckled silenlty as he turned around. "Sorry, ladie, ye just chose the wrong ship ta mess wit. Dis'll be a pain wit Gato fo sur'." The captain spoke with a sigh as he brought a roll of bandages from his boot, beginning to wrap his wound.

Suddenly, a wire wrapped violently around his neck as Naruto came flying over him, yanking with his knife and sending the captain sprawling into the railing. "What de- How did ye do dat! Me was certain ye had died!" The now clean white mask stared silently at him for a moment before he lifted his arm, pulling his sleeve down to reveal a cut on his forearm. "It was ye own blood! Ye played me for a dmaned fool! Well, ye won, Ladie! Too bad for you, dis ship is land hoe." With those words, the ship crashed violently into the shore, knocking Naruto just slightly off balance. It was enough. The captain unsheathed his sword, revealing that the eddge was very much sharp, and sliced through Naruto's cable, before jumping over the railing, into the water.

Naruto followed over the railing, landing on the shore as the captain laughed maniacally, trying to swim his way across the river. Walking slowly to the water's edge, Naruto placed his right foot into the water. Lightning shot from the river as the Captain's screams reached the heavens. Then, he was no more. Naruto stared at his floating body for a moment before he turned, quickly traveling along the dirt road, hopefully towards his team.

~Team Seven~

Zabuza laughed wickedly as his sword swung towards Kakashi Hatake's skull. Admittedly, it had been, not only a bout of wits, but clones, one that ended in Zabuza's victory. Now, it was Kakashi's fate to be decapitated, his runts and client to follow afterwords. The blade, however, never met its mark as a white mask flew past him, a wire wrapping tightly around his sword, sending it spinning off in another direction, implanting itself into the ground. 'Haku?' Zabuza's first thought at the sight of the mask, of course, had been that of his apprentice.

"Zabuza Momochi."

By the tone of the voice, he didn't need anymore evidence, but as he took in the figure's form, he had confirmed it. The brat wasn't Haku.

"Black Reaper." Zabuza returned, surprising Team Seven with the name that Kakashi had spoken before they had departed the village gates.

Chapter 2 End